Master Gardeners Explore the Desert Sheilah Britton Your SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are pleased to bring Doris Evans, retired educator in environmental education positions as Curator of Education at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and as Environmental Education Resource Teacher with the Tucson Unified School District, for an online community education program on Thursday,…
Heidi Overman, LMT Pain. It will disrupt your day. Your week. Your months. Your retirement years. But what can you do? A lifetime of drugs? Surgeries? Shots? How about regular massage? Yes. Regular massage can help with muscular pain management. Have you ever had a doctor tell you that your pain is muscular? Then they prescribe some…
Leslie Fore Donations are needed for Sr. Jose’s Women’s Center Virtual Auction to be held on Sunday, May 2. Sr. Jose plans only one auction this year to raise funds to provide assistance to women experiencing homelessness in Tucson. We ask for your help with donations of gifts, services, or activities. To make it a…
Jim Hoagland April is the month when migrant land birds begin appearing in profusion. It is when the specialty warblers appear in numbers at all elevations and when Elf Owls and Western Screech-Owls are active at our lower elevations. Flammulated and Whiskered Screech-Owls are in higher elevation in the pine and oak forest. This is also…
Doug and Melanie Sedam Are you eligible for a VA Streamline Refinance (IRRRL)? If you currently have a VA loan and would like to (and why wouldn’t you?) lower your interest rate and/or monthly payments, you should consider a VA streamline refinance. To be eligible for a VA IRRRL, you only need three things. You…
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The 2020 Health Fair was canceled due to the COVID outbreak and the vulnerability of our community. The 2021 Health Fair is scheduled for Oct. 23, 9 a.m. to noon. If the pandemic numbers decrease while vaccinations increase and both SaddleBrooke One and MountainView open their spaces for public use, it…
Kristina Turner Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one is facing one of life’s most difficult challenges. There are emotional, practical, and spiritual issues to deal with. Life can become a blur of pain, sadness, anger, and confusion. You can’t rebuild your life in an instant, but you can take steps toward…
Leah Sugar Kari As an agent and broker, I ask my clients to contact me first if they need any assistance with their plan. This article describes a situation encountered by more than one of my clients this past year. Don’t ever hesitate to question a bill you receive. Just because you’ve received the bill…
Rebecca Williams Many of us received our vaccine right here in the convenience of the Ranch or seen others lined up to do so. As of February 16, a total of 1,275 vaccinations had been given with 290 receiving their second dose and 695 scheduled to receive their second dose early in March. There are…
Bob Hills As an avid photographer, COVID-19 has had an impact on many genres of photography that I enjoy. For example, street photography. It was not uncommon for me to go to downtown Tucson and take images of buildings, people, traffic, and other interesting things that I come across. COVID-19 abruptly ended those trips. I…